About Noel Wright

Noël Wright’s ongoing sense of wonder and her gratitude toward the art of acupuncture began with her own experience after she suffered the effects of a car accident. It inspired her to pursue the academic study of an ancient healing art that she was developing a deep respect and appreciation for.

Education and Career

Noël Wright has a BS, Biology and MS, Acupuncture from Tri-State College of Acupuncture in NYC and is a registered Acupuncturist, R.Ac, with the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioners and Acupuncturists of Ontario (CTCMPAO). She studied with Mark Seem, Kikko Matsumoto and Arya Neilsen. She is a Diplomate of Acupuncture with the NCCAOM (National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine) and a member of the CMAAC (Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture Association of Canada). She is also a Shiatsu Therapist, Reiki practitioner and Certified Hatha Yoga instructor.

Noëël taught in the Asian Medicine program at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine, the acupuncture program at the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College and currently in the Medical Radiation Sciences dept. at the Michener Institute for Applied Health Sciences and at The Institute of Traditional Medicine. She teaches Acupuncture Physical Medicine in the Advanced Acupuncture Program at York University.

Writing

She is the author of the Acupuncture Physical Medicine Course and Introduction to Japanese Acupuncture (both approved for 14 PDA’s by the NCCAOM) and frequently lectures and teaches in both Canada and the United States. She was the principal acupuncturist in a research project studying fatigue in patients with Multiple Sclerosis with Mt. Sinai and St. Michael’s Hospitals and the University of Toronto. Noel has published articles in Hospital News, Your Health Source and Acupuncture Today.